Netherlands: Dispute resolution

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Christiaan Alberdingk Thijm leads bureau Brandeisâ€™s team, which is well known for its contentious capabilities. In other work, Machteld Robichon advised Interxion on data protection. Other clients include Netflix and XS4ALL.

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Despite the implementation of Directive 2000/35/EC on combating late payment in commercial transactions in 2002, the European Commission (the â€śCommissionâ€ť) concluded in 2008 that late payments were still widespread in the EU. It also turned out that public authorities in certain Member States were stipulating unjustifiably long contractual payment periods for transactions.

In the field of corporate law, there are four (coming) Acts that attract attention, namely the introduction of the tenth book of the Dutch Civil Code, the amendment of the Marital Property Act and, to conclude, the coming entry into effect of the Management and Supervision Act and the Flexibilization of BV Act. Please find below a short explanation of each Act.

A non-solicitation agreement usually restricts the ability of an employee - after an employment contract has ended - to approach the clients of the former employer. The former employee of a software company recently discovered that the scope of such an agreement can also include contacts made via LinkedIn.

Few jurisdictions can boast a foreign direct
investment record like the Netherlands. As the
world's seventh largest inward receiver of
investments, housing approximately 9000
foreign-owned companies, the country's dynamic
business environment provides an invaluable insight
into macro investment trends.

The Netherlands and Dutch law
The Netherlands is a perfect business location for foreign entrepreneurs (2,000 subsidiaries in Amsterdam, 140,000 jobs). It is the gateway to densely populated Western Europe and has a well-developed logistic and technical infrastructure.

The employment of foreign workers in the Netherlands regularly raises questions. What issues do you need to be aware of as an employer? A brief summary of the most important areas of attention will be dealt with in this article.